Simon Fraser Taylor

Dundee City Police — SCT

Illness

End of Watch January 8, 1938

Age 41

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 12

Incident

Found dead in a police box where he had collapsed while on duty.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Inspector Taylor served with the Dundee City Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Inspector Taylor.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Dundee City Police

Location SCT

Platform Identity dpd.dnd.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 8, 1938

Age 41

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

Cause Detail Medical

Inspector Simon Fraser Taylor is one of 2,974 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 9.1% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In SCT, 109 of 308 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 35.4% of this state's fallen. That is 26.3 percentage points above the national rate of 9.1%.

At Dundee City Police, 5 of 13 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 38.5% of this agency's fallen.

Dundee City Police

of 13 officers

38.5% Illness

SCT — Statewide

109

of 308 officers

35.4% Illness

Nationwide

2,974

of 32,508 officers

9.1% Illness